and blowing the smoke into the patient’s ear (di-ĕmbuskan). ↑
33
Clifford, Stud. in Brown Hum., pp. 48–50. ↑
34
The following is the list of actual ingredients so far as I could ascertain them: bark of the
jambus, sĕntul, b’ruas, rambutan, kachang kayu, ’lĕban, dĕdap, pĕtaling, rambei, lawang, kayu
manis, sĕrapat, and mĕmp’las hari; and the following herbs, roots, or spices, such as kunyit
t’rus, lada hitam, bawang puteh, bawang merah, chingkeh pala, buah pĕlaga, katumbar,
jĕmuju Jawa, jĕmuju kĕrsani, chabei tali, chabei pintal, changkoh, sudu ayer, mur daging, mur
tulang, pekak, jintan puteh, jintan hitam, manjakani, manjarawai or mĕnjĕlawai (?), akar
manis, biji sawi, jadam, puchok ganti, mesur, alim, mustakim, chuchor atap, kĕmukus, and
kadĕkai. ↑
35
J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 7, p. 19. ↑
36
Clifford, Stud. in Brown Hum., p. 51. ↑
37
Lit. “sharpening of the teeth.” ↑
38
Lit. “heirs” (warith), but often, as here, used in the sense of representative members of the
family. ↑
39
The leaf-brush in this case consisted of leaves of the sapĕnoh, pulut-pulut, sapanggil, sambau
dara, and sĕlaguri, and was bound up with ribu-ribu (a kind of creeper). ↑
40
Into this egg, it is supposed, all evil influences proceeding from the teeth enter. Hence it is
regarded after the ceremony as sial (unlucky), and cannot be eaten—indeed it is considered
“bad” (tĕmb’lang). ↑
41
Besides the tray containing the articles described, there stood at one side of the room what is
called a dulang-dulang. This consists of a tray full of unhusked rice surmounted by a tray full
of husked rice and a roughly-husked cocoa-nut (niyor gubalan) which rests upon the latter. The
pointed top of the cocoa-nut referred to is encircled by a hank of “Java” thread (bĕnang Jawa),
which is said to avert injury to the tooth-filer’s eyes whenever, as sometimes happens, the evil